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UNITED STATE Patented November 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE A. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WEBER RAILWAY JOINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF WVES'I VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,303, dated smear 24, 1903.

Original application filed April 25, 1903, Serial No. 154,220. Divided and this application filed September 1,1903. Serial No'.171,564. No model.)

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of- New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Step- Joints, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to railroad rail joints, but more particularly to that class known as step-joints; and the objects of the invention are to improve upon the construction ofsuch joints andincrease their efficiency and strength, while at the same time simplifying their construction.

Further objects ofthe invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of apparatus embodying the features of construction, combinations of ele- 2o ments, and arrangement of parts, substaniially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of a rail-joint embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, showing a plurality of fillingblocks adjacent the rails and extending along the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the joint. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a jointhaving continuous filling-blocks at each side of the rails.

This application is a division of my United States Patent No. 739,468, granted September 22, l903,-forimprovements in step-joints;

5 and the invention embodies filling-blocks at each side of the webs of the rails, with a continuous strap or band extending across the joint on the inside outside of the fillingblocks and opposing the bolt-plate, which may consist of the upright of the angle-chair.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a rail-chair having a base B and an upright or bolt plate 0, with alongitudinally-extending strengthening rib or fillet at thejuncture of the base and upright. The meeting ends of the rails E and F are supported upon the base of the rail-chair or angle-plate. In this instance the rail E is taller and heavier than the rail F, and means are provided for main= taining the rails in surface and alinement. 5d The base B of the chair is stopped to bring the rail F of lesser height into surface with the rail E. In this instance transverse cleats G are shown, upon which the rail F rests. These cleats maybe secured by rivets H to the base B, although any othersuitable means may be provided for forming the stepped portion upon the base of the chair, and I do not limit myself to cleats.

Extending alongthe webs of the rails are shown filling-blocks, which are preferably of wood. In Fig. 2 the filling-blocks are in sections I J and K L, While in Fig. 4: they are shown as continuous blocks 0 P. Whether the blocks are made sectional or continuous, they are so constructed and fitted between the heads and bases of the rails that they maintain the rails in surface and alinement.

Extending along the filling block orblocks on the inside of the joint and opposite the bolt-plate C is a continuous strengthening band or strap Q, extending across the joint. The band or strap Q, which is a metallic bar, opposes the bolt-plate O, and suitablebolts R extend through the parts of the joint and hold said partsfirmly together. WVhen the bolts are tightened, astrong and efficient joint is obtained, the filling-blocks being tightly clamped between the bolt-plate C and the 0pposing member or bar Q.

Obviously the construction may be varied. withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, and therefore without limiting myself to the construction shown and described v I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, the following:

1. A rail-joint, comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of diiferent weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, filling-blocks at one side of the joint extending along the webs of the rails, filling-blocks at the other side of the webs of the rails between the rails and the upright of the chair, said blocks being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement,

a strap or bandextending across the joint outside of the filling-blocks and opposing the upright of the angle-chair, and bolts for securing the partsof the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

2. A rail-joint, comprising a rail-support afiording provision for supporting rails of different weight and height in surface, fillingblocks at each side of the joint extending along the Webs of the rails, a bolt-plate and an opposing strap or band, the filling-blocks being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

8. A rail-joint, comprising means for supporting rails of difierent Weight and height in 4. A rail-joint, comprising a base-plate affording provision for supporting rails of different Weight and height in surface, two wooden filling-blocks at each side of the Webs of the rails, said blocks being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a bolt-plate and an opposing strap or band, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

5. A rail-joint, comprising a stepped baseplate, rails supported thereon, filling-blocks at each side of the Webs of the rails, a boltplate and an opposing strap or band, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. WEBER. Witnesses:

E. VAN ZANDT, A. L. OBRIEN. 

